Overalls



(No Model.)

0. ERLANGER.

OVERALLS.

Patented Mar. 4, 1890.

Nv PETERS. Phnloiillwknplw. Walhingim DC UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES 'ERLANGER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,386, dated March 4,1890.

Application filed January 1890. Serial No. 336,990. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLEs ERLANGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Overalls, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in overalls, and has for its"object the provision of means for fortifying the front legs at theportion thereof which requires strength and protection, all ashereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, andspecifically set forth in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters ofreference point out similar parts oneach figure, Figure l is a frontView of a pair of overalls, parts being broken away, illustrating myinvention. Fig.

2 represents sectional views thereof on the lines no :0 and y y. Fig. 3is a detail view of the preferred form of blanks that compose the frontand rear of each leg of a pair of overalls in practicing my invention. I

In the drawings, A is the front leg, which is composed of two sections a6, adapted to lie one over the other a given distance, extendingindouble laminae above and below the knee and connected to each other byrows of stitching 1 2 and to therearfabric of each leg by ordinaryinseam 3, the opposite edge 'of the overlapping pieces being held inplace by an outer row of stitches 4, continuous from thewaistband 'VV tothe point 5. stitching may, however, be continued the full length of thegarment, if required. I thus fortify the front of the legs of overallsat a Said location that requires great strength. This is accomplishedwithout waste of material, as the various blank pieces shown in detailin Fig. 3 can becut from the fabric and every portion thereofutilized,as will more particularly appear by a companion application forLetters Patent, filed January 15, 1890, Serial No. 336,991.

In the diagram of blanks represented in Fig. 3, as well as in thefinished garment shown in Fig. 1, the re-enforce is a separate piece or,adapted to depend vertically from the Waistband and to cover over aportion of the section b; but the relative position thereof will bevaried if said re-enforce is cut out from the foot upwardly, eitherconstruction being within the scope and purview of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A pair of overalls the front legs thereof made of two lengths ofmaterial overlapping each other above and below the knee, connected toeach other by upper and lower marginal rows of stitches, whereby thefronts of said legs are composed of laminated fabric a given distanceabove and below the knee portion, and the remainder extending upwardlyand downwardly from said overlapping sections being in single thicknessof fabric, substantially as described.

- CHARLES ERLANGER.

Witnesses:

MURRAY I-IANsoN, WILLIAM H. BERRY.

